Meaning
A hard, heavy walking stick or cudgel cut from the wood of a spiny palm — the 'coco macca' — traditionally carried by old men both as a support and as a formidable weapon. Knotty and tough, a coco-macca stick is famous for the blow it can deliver, and in old talk and song to threaten someone with the 'coco macca' is to promise a serious beating. 'Macca' means thorn, from the tree's fierce spines.
Examples
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Di ole man walk wid him coco-macca stick.
The old man walks with his coco-macca stick.
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Move before mi box yuh wid di coco macca.
Move before I hit you with the coco-macca stick.
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Coco macca hard like iron.
Coco-macca wood is hard like iron.
Origin
From 'coco' + 'macca' (thorn); a hardwood walking stick/cudgel from a spiny palm. See [[macca]], [[macca-fat]].
How it’s used
A hard walking stick/cudgel from a spiny palm; a support and a weapon. See [[macca]], [[macca-fat]].